San Miguel Library will close temporarily for a remodel between April 8 and June 4.
La biblioteca San Miguel estará cerrada temporalmente por remodelación entre el 8 de abril y el 4 de junio.

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La biblioteca Nipomo y el depósito de libros estarán cerrados 25 de abril - 3 de mayo para la construccion del estacionamiento

Javaka Steptoe

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1) In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall

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Steptoe, Javaka

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Presents a collection of poems celebrating African-American fathers.

2) Radiant child: the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Steptoe, Javaka

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Award Winning Books for Kids

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Book, Read-along

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Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young...